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Adam Colligan
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Adam Robert Colligan
Austin, TX 78746
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Education :
Master of Public Affairs
Candidate 2010-2012
The University of Texas
at Austin: LBJ School of Public Affairs
Research: State Finance and Online Transparency Policy Research Project
" Part of a group providing actionable analysis and access to tools to help Texas state
and local agencies increase the usefulness of data publication
" Investigating the pathways of local fiscal data reporting across 1,000+ Texas school
districts
" Recommending improvements to the complex budgetary information holding system at the
Texas Education Agency
" Identifying gaps between high-impact data provision by districts and what provision is
currently incentivized
" Developing a web-based tool for presentation of analysis and tools; assisting with
conference production
BA (Honours), Social and Political Sciences 2004-2007
University of Cambridge: Selwyn College Cambridge, UK
" Awarded Starred First, university-leading mark, in Politics eight months after
relocating to England.
" Original Fieldwork Project: Acts of God: Katrina and the Religious Communities of the
U.S. Gulf Coast
Employment :
Deputy Campaign Manager
2010
Rebecca Bell-Metereau and Judy Jennings for Texas State Board of Education
Austin,
Texas
" Volunteered skills in seeking to oust proponents of a politicized curriculum. Offered
full-time paid position
" Ran scheduling system for candidates and surrogates across geographically vast
districts holding 3m people
" Spoke and debated for expert and general audiences on key topics in curriculum
development
" Travelled extensively and arranged logistics for hundreds of item deliveries
" Performed both issue-based and political research, drafted statements, advised on
message
" Organized volunteers while processing donor and supporter communications, including web
oversight
Coordinator
2007-2009Cambridge University Students Union
Cambridge, UK
Elected to full-time
position managing the activities of an independent, 19,000-member,
55-affiliate education charity. Only officeholder in the position s 25-year history to
successfully win re-election.
As COO and general manager:
" Moved offices without closing operations, making design, budgeting, and outfitting
decisions for premises, Succeeded on schedule despite dropout of primary contractor,
improvising a new plan within hours
" Coordinated IT activity, including workstations, publishing software, multiple high-
traffic websites, and contracts for the development of custom services for officers and
members.
" Line-managed a dozen FTEs in an extensive range of task areas and a diverse work
environment
" Ran multiple recruitment, disciplinary, and termination processes for full-time
employees, including high-earners
" Managed building tenant relations, operated sophisticated electronic entry-control
system
" Procured all needed office supplies, including specialty equipment
" Created and instituted complaints handling system to comply with complex legal
requirements and staff needs
As -de-facto
CFO:
" Responsible for all budgeting and financial planning for operations turning over $1
million annually. In one year, brought the charity from a $55,000 deficit undetected by
previous officers to a $90,000 surplus.
" Authored and certified detailed audit reports and coordinated work of external
auditors.
" Approved all expenditures individually and supervised bid and quotation processes
" Overhauled expenditure authorization system, halving paperwork per transaction while
increasing rules compliance
" Formally trained new staff, officers, and volunteers on fiduciary responsibilities and
charity funds rules
As head of executive structure:
" Created and then led a team-based system of over 40 officers, six paid full-time
" Implemented and prioritized new policy on behalf of a membership-elected council
" Authored training materials for volunteers and acted as informal advisor for planning
" Reported disciplinary and effectiveness problems to oversight bodies
As a charity trustee and Secretary of the Board of Trustees:
" Inaugurated formal procedures for the operation of the Board and definitions of its
responsibility
" Organized legal defense for the organization as it was subjected to multiple civil
claims
" Set parameters for interaction between the charity s political and non-political
divisions
" Arranged reporting to 5+ separate regulatory and supervisory agencies
As a political officeholder:
" Defended union s status and managerial position to university oversight, strategic plan
" Justified the use of funds and resources to dozens of skeptical affiliate members
" Acted as advisor and member of decision committee for grant-making to sports and
societies
" Provided direct services for student organizations, including assistance with insurance
and legal status
" Selected for elections oversight committee, handling logistics, campaigning rules and
candidate appeals
As publications and events supervisor:
" Personally responsible for managing one of the largest student publishing operations in
Europe, producing and distributing 12-20 million sheets of newsprint and informational
publications annually.
" Authored a $500k+ contract that tripled the value of the single most profitable
publication
" Oversaw newspaper editors and staff in hiring, complaints, output quality, ethics, and
libel avoidance
" Planned and executed the largest event on the Cambridge calendar, a three-day operation
with four months of preparation and 10,000+ attendees.
Geopolitical Intelligence Analysis
Intern and Senior Intern
Jul-Sept. 2005 and 2006STRATFOR
(Strategic Forecasting) Austin, Texas and Washington, D.C.
" Employed in private intelligence gathering and interpretation for a leading provider
information solutions for international and governmental entities.
" Served on both Geopolitical Intel Analysis and Security and Terrorism Teams to author
timely insight to high-profile clients needing rapid and discreet access to sensitive
assessments of events.
" Promoted from basic internship to paid position.
" Organized intern pool resource allocations and hours increasing efficiency and
improving induction.
" Developed and delivered an implementation of an open-source IT tool to eliminate manual
tasks.
Further Academic Recognitions and
Leadership :
" Selwyn College, Cambridge JCR President (2007) and Vice President (2006) elected to
manage 17 committee members, $40,000 reserves, high turnover and capital funding,
placements rights on institutional governing bodies and project committees (including a
multi-million pound building project), rents, services, and contracts negotiations.
" Imber Lloyd/Tallow Chandlers Award for academic & wider contributions to the life of
Cambridge University 2006
" Elected four times as a Cambridge delegate to the Conference of the National Union of
Students of the UK
" Inaugural Managing Editor for the quarterly international affairs publication The
Cambridge Globalist 2005-6
" Inaugural Treasurer of Cambridge University Social and Political Sciences Society
2006
" National Merit Scholar (Top 2500 of ~2 million+ entrants) 2004
Additional
Assets :
" Quantitative analysis
" Rapid research
" Project management
" Travel experience
" Intermediate French language
" US citizenship
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